Yangliuqing Woodblock New Year Paintings Museum

　　The Tianjin Yangliuqing Woodblock New Year Paintings Museum was established in September 2008, with a construction area of 3,535 square meters. It is positioned as a public welfare museum themed on the collection, research, and exhibition of Yangliuqing woodblock New Year paintings. The museum comprehensively and objectively reflects the historical process of the origin, prosperity, crisis, rescue, protection, inheritance, and development of Yangliuqing woodblock New Year paintings. The museum houses over 10,000 Yangliuqing woodblock New Year paintings and more than 6,400 printing blocks since the Ming Dynasty. Its establishment plays an important role in studying the folk customs of Tianjin and northern China, as well as better protecting and inheriting Yangliuqing woodblock New Year paintings.

　　The exhibition halls are divided into seven sections: “Historical Transmission,” “Opera Stories,” “Ancient Blocks Treasures,” “Ladies and Dolls,” “Secular Life,” “Daiqi Painting Workshop – Protection and Development,” and “Chinese New Year Paintings Collection.” Each exhibition hall is designed with physical landscapes that correspond to the themes of the New Year paintings, recreating the folk customs of the New Year culture and making the exhibits more vivid and three-dimensional. The Tianjin Yangliuqing Woodblock New Year Paintings Museum is the largest and most professional woodblock New Year painting museum in China. After more than two years of careful construction, it was completed on July 13, 2011, and officially opened on July 22, 2011. [1]

　　One of the highlights of the museum is that many of its collections have never been publicly displayed before, including some unique pieces, all of which showcase historical traces and precious value. Among them, the extremely valuable hanging scroll “Great Fortune Star” is a central painting from the Ming Dynasty depicting the Three Stars of Blessing, Prosperity, and Longevity. It is the oldest and largest unique piece in the museum. Another attraction of the museum is the 44 large display racks, neatly arranged with more than 6,400 ancient blocks, most of which were extensively collected from the public during the comprehensive rescue excavation of Yangliuqing woodblock New Year paintings in the city. Today, these treasured blocks are unveiled to the public in the newly built and opened Yangliuqing Woodblock New Year Paintings Museum, demonstrating the city’s efforts and significant achievements in protecting national folk cultural heritage.

　　Address: No. 111, Sanheli, Tonglou, Hexi District

　　Phone: 28378718

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